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Patent GB-190300785-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Toy or Amusement Appliances and the like.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1903-01-12
Granted: 1904-01-12
Abstract: 785. Thompson, W. P., [Gutmeyer, J.]. Jan. 12. Conjuring - apparatus ; age-telling cards and the like.-Relates to an appliance by means of which all of a regular series of numbers, or names, d on a card are required to be hidden except one selected number or name. The application to cards showing numbers is shown. The numbers are arranged on a cardboard &c. sheet a, there being as many numbers above the middle line as there are below it. The card a is covered by differently-perforated cards b, the number of which is half the number of figures d. When all the cards b are placed over the card a, only one number d is visible, this number depending on the positions of the cards b with reference to the card a. For instance, if all the cards b be placed over one another and on the card a so that their upper ends coincide with the upper end of the card a, the number 1 will be exhibited, but, if the cards b are all turned so that their lower ends coincide with the upper end of the card a, the number 20 will appear. Any required number can be made to appear by reversing some of the cards and not others. The arrangement of the cards necessary to exhibit any particular number is made in accordance with a list of numbers given on each of the cards b. Two modifications are described designed to reduce the number of cards or to increase the possible number of numbers which can be shown. ln one of these, all the numbers from 1 to 100 can be exhibited by combinations of single digits. The cards may be provided with pictures, advertisements, &c.
Patent GB-190301267-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Car Brake Mechanism.
Inventor: SHELTON JOHN
Filed: 1903-01-19
Granted: 1903-04-23
Abstract: 1267. Shelton, J. Jan. 19. Brakes.-Relates to the arrangement of the levers carrying the brake blocks of carriages mounted on bogies. Brake beams are dispensed with. The blocks 7, Figs. 2 and 4, are suspended by links 17, and are mounted on inclined levers 5, 6 passing between the wheels, and connected at their lower ends by a link 8, Fig. 2. The levers 5 are connected by chains and rods to the piston of the Westinghouse air-brake cylinder, or to the spindle of a hand-wheel. The upper ends of the levers 6 slide in brackets on the underframing of the car. The brake blocks are mounted on cylindrical horizontal parts 5<a> of the brake levers 5, 6, and are secured by keys 7<c>.
Patent GB-190302092-A (GB)
Title: Improved Stopper for Pouring out Liquid in Drops or in Small Quantities
Inventor: BENDIT JUSTUS
Filed: 1903-01-28
Granted: 1903-09-24
Abstract: 2092. Bendit, J. Jan. 28. Measured quantit i e s, delivering.- Stoppers for medicine bottles, scent bottles, vinegar bottles, and the like are constructed to deliver the contents in drops or small quantities. The stopper shown in Fig. 1 consists of a flanged metal casing 1 provided with a central passage and a spout 5, and fitted below the flange 2 with a cork 4. A ball valve 9, which closes the bottom of the central passage, is attached to a rod 8 terminating outside in a knob 10 ; the valve is closed by a spiral spring 11, and is locked in the closed position, when required, by a locking-device 23 on the top of the metal cap which closes the recess 12 containing the spring. The bottle is opened by pressing down the valve. In the construction shown in Fig. 3, the metal casing is fixed to the neck of the bottle by a sleeve 13, and a conical valve is forced down upon a conical valve seat, formed in the neck of the bottle, by a spring 11. In this case, the bottle is opened by pulling up the valve. In a modification, a push-down valve plate is adapted to close the lower end of the central passage in the casing, the supporting-spring being placed between the top of the casing and the knob on the valve-rod. In another modification, the casing terminates at the flange 2, Fig. 1, the edges of which are bent downwards over a rim on the bottle-neck to secure it in place ; an inverted conical valve is forced up against the central passage by a spiral spring placed below the valve.
Patent GB-190302823-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Domestic Fire Ranges.
Inventor: ODDY RALPH WILLIE
Filed: 1903-02-06
Granted: 1903-12-10
Abstract: 2823. Oddy, R. W. Feb. 6. Cooking stoves and ranges; boilers.-The oven a or the boiler of a domestic range has, at the back, a hot-air chamber b which is open at the bottom and at one side to the floes c, through which the gases from the fire pass to a top flue g having a partition g<1>. The space d behind the chamber b is filled with pieces of brick or other loose or broken material. A sliding damper h, supported by a shelf i and operated from the exterior by a rod h<1>, or a hinged or pivoted damper, controls the passage of gases from the chamber b through openings f, f to the top flue g. A cleaning opening, closed by a hinged or removable door or plate m, is provided.
Patent GB-190303934-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Hypodermic Injections and the like.
Inventor: LAURENT PIERRE
Filed: 1903-02-19
Granted: 1903-11-26
Abstract: 3934. Laurent, P. Feb. 19. Syringes. - Relates to apparatus employed for hypodermic injections and the like, and consists of a glass or other tube g, Fig. 2, containing the sterilized injection liquid p and compressed air or gas h. The tube is closed by a valve s of glass or other material not attacked by the liquid. A diamond scratch on the neck of the tube enables it to be broken and the previously - sterilized injection needle e in. troduced. One end of the needle is inserted in the flesh at the point where the injection is to be made, and a washer r on the needle closes the end of the tube until the needle lifts the valve s, when the liquid is forced through a lateral opening into the needle. Fig. 4 shows a tube provided with a compressed rubber stopper a held in place by a metal plate or capsule b on the neck of the tube. The sterilized needle is introduced through a central hole c in the plate b, and through a hole in the stopper, until a drop of liquid appears at the end m ; the handle f is then released, and,. the needle making a slight retrograde movement owing to the elasticity of the stopper,. the flow of liquid stops. The tube is then used as a handle, and the end m of the needle inserted into the flesh, the slight resistance of which causes the end n of the needle to advance into the liquid, and the injection is made under the action of the compressed gas h. When the needle is removed from the stopper, the aperture in the stopper closes automatically owing to the elasticity of the stopper. Fig. 6 shows the rubber stopper a held in place by an internal collar b on the end of the tube. For making large injections, a capillary tube i having at its ends rubber stoppers a and provided with needles e, is used. The liquid and gas are introduced into the tubes and the tubes stoppered in a closed chamber under pressure ; or, in the case of tubes with rubber stoppers, the liquid and gas may be introduced by a fine hollow needle. In drawing off the liquid from the tubes, the needle is sterilized before each puncture.
Patent GB-190305702-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and appertaining to Casement Window and like Openers.
Inventor: LEGGOTT ROBERT
Filed: 1903-03-12
Granted: 1904-01-14
Abstract: 5702. Leggott, R. March 12. Window &c. opening and closing apparatus. -A window, casement, or fanlight 4, Fig. 4, is connected by linkage 10, 9 to a shaft 1 operated by a handle 5. To hold the window in any desired position, the handle 5, Fig. 6, carries a rod 6 which is pressed into the recesses 7 in the bracket 8 by a spring 12. When it is required to move the window &c. the rod 6 is withdrawn by a handle 6<A>.
Patent GB-190306627-A (GB)
Title: Improved Appliance for Sharpening the Knives of Beater Rolls used in Paper and other Manufactures
Inventor: WILLIAMSON ARTHUR WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-03-21
Granted: 1904-02-11
Abstract: 6627. Williamson, A. W. March 21. Rag-engines and other pulping - engines. -The knives of beater-rolls are sharpened by a grinding-device, attachable to the frame of the machine. The invention is illustrated with regard to milling and planing devices. A casting a, Fig. 3, adjustably supported by brackets c, Fig. 2, forming part of, or attached to the frame d, of the beater-roll, supports a sleeve f provided with a half-nut o working through a slot, and engaging a lead screw e in the casting. The nut o is thrown into and out of gear by a cam-handle s. The sleeve f carries a slide-rest r provided with a belt-pulley and bevel-gearing for transmitting motion to the grinding-wheel from a long driving-drum, carried by standards clamped on the ends of the casting a. The lead screw is driven through back gearing, and the power may be taken from the shaft which drives the beater rolls.
Patent GB-190307714-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Mono-phase and Polyphase Alternating Current Machines
Inventor: EVANS WILLIAM EDWARD
IPC: H02K19/30
Filed: 1903-04-02
Granted: 1903-09-17
Abstract: 7714. Evans, W. E., [Allgemeine Elektricitõts Ges.]. April 2. Dynamos, regulating.-Consists in providing the extra excitation required in the field magnets when working under a load, by the use, in connection with the alternating-current leads, of unipolar cells, i.e., polarization elements which contain an aluminium electrode and only allow currents to pass in one direction, the remainder of the exciting-current being supplied from any desired source of continuous current. In this method of exciting the machine, the low efficiency of unipolar cells is of little moment. Fig. 1 shows an arrangement in which the main circuit b of an alternating-current machine a contains a transformer c, the secondary current from which passes through a unipolar cell d into one of the two magnet windings of the alternating-current machine, while the other magnet winding is fed by an ordinary exciter e. Other modes of connecting the unipolar cells, whereby a more uniform current is obtained, may be used, such as that shown in Fig. 6. Regulating- devices for adjusting at will the potential of the machine, as well as its dependence on the load, may be used, such as f, g, Fig. 1, which may be connected in parallel with the magnets, as shown, or in any other suitable way. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 5, the extra exciting-current is connected in series with the exciter proper, instead of with a separate winding. The arrangement shown in Fig. 6 has the extra exciter circuit wound about the magnets of the ordinary exciter ; and in this case also the additional exciter circuit may be connected in series with the circuit of the exciter proper. Several machines may have a common exciter. Fig. 8 shows the adaptation of the invention to a rotary-current machine.
Patent GB-190310915-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tacking Tools especially Designed for use in Boot and Shoe Manufacture
Inventor: NEWTON HERBERT BRYAN
Filed: 1903-05-13
Granted: 1904-05-12
Abstract: 10,915. Newton, H. B. May 13. Nailing, hand tools for. -In a hand tacking-tool specially adapted for use in connection with lasting-machines, a magazine, adapted to hold a large number of loose tacks, is provided, means being also provided whereby the tacks are automatically deposited in a raceway adapted to deliver them to the driving-mechanism. The tacks are contained in the space above a piston f secured to the tack-driver e, which is returned to its normal position, after driving in a tack, by a spring h, and prevented from turning by feather o. In its upward movement, the driver e causes a number of the tacks to be thrown over the raceway g at m, Fig. 2, so that the tacks are supported by their heads in the raceway, which descends in a spiral form to a tack-separating devicej, adapted to deliver single tacks to the nozzle at each reciprocation of the driver. The separator j is pivoted at h, Fig. 4, and vibrated by a sloping cam-surface on the feather o. A deflector k, Fig. 3, prevents faulty tacks, or tacks presented in the wrong position, from passing into and blocking the raceway ; such tacks are returned to the magazine through a slit i when the piston f descends.
Patent GB-190312681-A (GB)
Title: The Manufacture and Production of Soluble Compounds or Salts of Basic Colouring Matters.
Inventor: JOHNSON JAMES YATE
Filed: 1903-06-05
Granted: 1904-04-07
Abstract: 12,681. Johnson, J. Y., [Badische Anilin & Soda Fabrik]. June 5. Soaps; paraffin.-Water-soluble compounds or salts of colouring-matter bases are obtained from insoluble higher fatty acids or alkali salts of such fatty acids and basic colouring-matters. The substances produced are suitable for dyeing soap and paraffin wax &c. The compounds may be obtained either by causing alkalies or salts acting as alkalies, such as soda, borax, sodium phosphate, and the like, or alkali salts of higher fatty acids, such as alkali ricinoleate, ricinsulpholeate, oleate, and the like, to act on insoluble combinations of fatty acids and colouring-matter bases, or by acting on the free colouring-matter bases with alkali salts of the higher fatty acids, or by treating the salts of the colouring matters with excess of alkali salts of fatty acids, or by combinations of these methods. In one example, oleic acid and benzyl violet are heated on a water bath. The insoluble compound so obtained is rendered soluble by the addition of caustic soda. In another example, sodium ricinoleate is heated with benzyl violet or Victoria green export. In another example, sodium ricinsulpholeate is heated with rhodamine 6 G extra.
Patent GB-190313244-A (GB)
Title: Improved Safety Suspending Grip for Lifts, Skips and the like
Inventor: MICHAEL DAVID JOHN
Filed: 1903-06-13
Granted: 1904-05-19
Abstract: 13,244. Michael, D. J. June 13. Safety suspending-apparatus for lifts, skips, mine cages, &c. Each guide-rope a passes through a gripping-device on the cage formed with walls g inclined upwards and inwards to take rollers e. The rollers are normally held at the lower ends of the bracket by cords c connected to the winding-rope, but, in the event of the latter breaking, are raised by springs h and jammed, by the action of the inclined walls g, against the guide-ropes, which are thus simply gripped without being damaged.
Patent GB-190314039-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bobbin-holders for Spooling Machines and the like.
Filed: 1903-06-24
Granted: 1904-05-05
Abstract: 14,039. British Northrop Loom Co., and Jenches, E. S. June 24. Creel arrangements.- The delivery bobbins of spooling and like machines are so supported that the spent bobbins may be readily ejected or discharged. The bobbin is held in position on a rest d by spring or gravity arms g suspended from an eccentricallypivoted frame or carrier C, so that when the frame C is turned in the direction of the arrow by means of a handle c<6>, the spent bobbin is removed from the holder and the parts automatically return to their normal position. A modification is described, in which the carrier is fulcrumed to rock in either direction so that the bobbin may be ejected from either side of the rest, the return to normal position being effected by a controlling-spring which also prevents the bobbin from being accidentally doffed by the pull of the yarn.
Patent GB-190314511-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Circulation of the Water in Cylindrical Boilers, Marine Type.
Inventor: SHARP JOHN
Filed: 1903-06-30
Granted: 1904-01-14
Abstract: 14,511. Sharp, J. June 30. Water-circulation, promoting; tubes, water.-In order to promote water circulation in boilers of the marine type, water tubes of any size or shape are placed in the furnaces and combustion chambers and connected at the ends with interior of the boiler at points above and below the level of the firebars. The lower end of the tubes may project into the water space. Several methods of arranging the tubes are shown in the Figure.
Patent GB-190315597-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of Rag Book.
Inventor: DEAN HENRY SAMUEL
Filed: 1903-07-14
Granted: 1904-05-26
Abstract: 15,597. Dean, H. S. July 14. Picture books; bookbinding.-Rag books are constructed from textile fabric, which is printed, dyed, or stained, as required. The fabric is then folded into leaves and bound with a separate strip of material, or the fabric is folded so as to form the leaves 2 and also the cover 1, the whole being secured by stitching.
Patent GB-190328579-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Rail Joints for Railways
Inventor: ROSS WALTER
Filed: 1903-12-29
Granted: 1904-02-04
Abstract: 28,579. Ross, W. Dec. 29. Rail joints.-The ends of rails are jointed by means of a base-plate 2 which fits underneath the rail ends and is fitted with a piece 3 of rail section which fits between the ends. Fishplates are bolted to the rail webs, and end straps or stirrups 8 clamp the base-plate 2 in position. The baseplate 2 has spikes or bolts on its upper face which engage holes in the bottom flanges of the rails.
Patent GB-190401195-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Machines for Shelling Maize and like Machines
Inventor: CLAYTON & SHUTTLEWORTH LTD
Filed: 1904-01-16
Granted: 1904-11-17
Abstract: 1195. Clayton & Shuttleworth, and Gamble, R. Jan. 16. thrashing-machines.-The feed-elevator a of a maize-shelling or other like machine is arranged so that it can be stored on top of the machine without disconnecting it from the same. The ele- vator is made in two parts hinged together, and is mounted at the upper part on two horizontal pins g forming part of a T-piece, the vertical por- tion h of which fits in a hole i in a bracket j on the upper part of the machine adjacent to the feed aperture e. The bracket j may be formed with several holes, into one or other of which the pin h can be placed as desired, or the part h may be mounted in an adjustable slide block which can be fixed in any desired position in a curved slot in the bracket j. In another arrange- ment, the circular outlet end of the discharging shoot d turns on the feed aperture e, and the upper part of the elevator is hinged to the shoot d.
Patent GB-190403194-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Door Latch
Inventor: NAYLOR SEPTIMUS DAVID
Filed: 1904-02-09
Granted: 1904-03-10
Abstract: 3194. Naylor, S. D., and Jackson, J. P. Feb. 9. Latches for doors are operated by putting or pushing the knobs or handles d. The square spindle e has a projecting tooth g x, with an inclined and preferably curved surface engaging the end of the slot g in the bolt f. The spring h acts upon the bolt. The latch may be combined with a lock, the bolt of which engages a notch in the bolt f.
Patent GB-190406080-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture and Subsequent Treatment of Soap.
Inventor: SLATER PERCY
Filed: 1904-03-12
Granted: 1904-12-31
Abstract: 6080. Slater, P., and Slater, J., [trading as Slater, P.]. March 12. Drawings to Specification. Soaps.-Soap is grated or shredded into curly chips or threads for laundry and domestic purposes.
Patent GB-190414544-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Thermo Electric Couples.
Inventor: BRISTOL WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1904-06-28
Granted: 1904-08-11
Abstract: 14,544. Bristol, W. H. June 28. Pyrometers. - In thermo-electric couples for pyrometers and for other purposes, the expensive difficultly-fusible elements A, B, such as platinum and its alloys, are connected to cheap, low-resistance conductors C, D, such as steel, nickel, or their alloys, so that the junctions 2, 3 are exposed to a temperature equal to, or lower than, that of the junction of the primary elements. The electromotive forces at the junctions 2, 3 are balanced by using conductors of dissimilar metals, or of different heat-conductivity, by adjusting the positions of the junctions 2, 3, or by making one of the primary elements of different area or form in cross-section to the other. The sensitiveness of the primary couple may be increased by using several elements A, B, which may be connected to a single conductor C, D, or to a series of such conductors.
Patent GB-190416896-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Golf-sticks and Parts therefor, also in Means for Carrying the same.
Inventor: BROWN FREDERICK JAMES
Filed: 1904-08-02
Granted: 1905-06-08
Abstract: 16,896. Brown, F. J. Aug. 2. Golf.-A golf-club shaft is adapted to be fitted with the heads of all clubs necessary for the game, and the heads not in use are carried by receptacles attached to a leather belt. Each club head D, Fig. 1, is provided with a stem H, formed with grooves to reduce the weight, which is provided with a pin K forming a bayonet-joint connection with grooves I, J, Fig. 2, in a metal socket C secured to a shaft A. A spring L secures the pin K and renders the head secure on the shaft. The socket C is covered by a metal ferrule B. The heads which are not in use are carried by a series of pockets or loops G, Fig. 8, attached to a leather, canvas, &c. strip P, carried by a belt F, which may have elastic insertions. One pocket G<1> is provided with a bottom, for carrying golf balls.
Patent GB-190419725-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Calculating Machines.
Inventor: JUSTICE PHILIP MIDDLETON
Filed: 1904-09-13
Granted: 1904-11-03
Abstract: 19,725. Justice, P. M., [Pike Adding Machine Co.]. Sept. 13. Calculating-apparatus.-An adding and recording machine of the kind described in Specification No. 17,126, A.D. 1893, is provided with a key by means of which a sub-total can be printed without restoring the registering-mechanism to zero. In machines of the type mentioned, toothed sectors 610, carried by arms 611, are allowed to descend a distance limited by corresponding depressed keys (not shown) when a crank shaft 800 is turned. The registering-apparatus is carried by a rocking- frame C, pivoted on a shaft 900 and retained in either of two positions by a spring.actuated lever 917. During the downward movement of the sectors 610, the registering-apparatus is out of gear with the sectors, and a tooth 926, carried by a lever 920 connected by a pin-and-slot mechanism to the lever 917, prevents each pinion 916 from turning. The frame C is rocked at the commencement of the return movement of the sectors, so as to place the pinions in gear. The movements of the frame are produced by a pitman 914, which is notched to receive a pin 958 on the frame, and is pivoted to a three-armed lever 913. A spring dog 821, pivoted to an arm 813<a> fixed to the crank shaft 800, strikes one of two pins 961, 961 a on the lever 913 at the end of each movement of the shaft. The new sub-total key 1 is fixed to a sliding bar 2 acting upon a pin 6 on the pitman 914, which is slotted to receive a pin 3 on the lever 913, instead of being pivoted to it as formerly. When the key 1 is depressed, it pushes down the pitman 914, against the action of a spring 5, so that the movement of the lever 913 to the right only causes the pin 3 to slide in the horizontal slot 4 without actuating the pitman. The release of the sectors from their catches 415 is simultaneously effected by means of a pin 8, spring lever 7, bar 216 slotted at 9, and a pin 209. On moving the crank forwards, the sectors descend in gear with the pinions till the latter are restored to their zero positions, and the total is then printed by means of a platen 599 and typf) 618 on the rear ends of the sector arms 611. When the crank returns, the sectors restore the registering- mechanism to its previous position, and addition can be continued.
Patent GB-190421094-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Securing Diaphragms in Double-flow Tubes for Liquids or Gases.
Filed: 1904-10-01
Granted: 1905-09-30
Abstract: 21,094. Crowther, D., and Glover's Wator-Tube Boiler Co. Oct. 1. Metal tubes.-Returnflow tubes for liquids or gases are divided into two passages by a longitudinal diaphragm b of any appropriate crosssection, which is secured to the tube by the friction of expanded tongues d formed by slits or sawcuts c. The Provisional Specification states that such tubes are applicable for use in boilers and condensers, and as circulating or radiator tubes for hot-water and hot-air heating-apparatus.